S.I. Black
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 2158. Sapper. R.E.(Royal Engineers). Reported Dec.14. 3/1st Co. R.E. Signal Sect. 6 Duke St. Southport. Nov.1916 42 Div. Signal Co. (East Lancs) R.Eng. (Med. Exp. Force.) Egypt. Apr. 1917 as above B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) France Nov.1917 Removed to Duke St Wounded Apr. 1918 had been gassed.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/1)
External sources: 4 Hope Terrace